"The culture of respect for religion has gone too far"

[Shaker]

Not wrong, but that ship sailed a long, long time ago, Polly: https://tinyurl.com/yckyl6hu

Religions still command an unwarranted aura of respect, preventing outside scrutiny [...] Wherever religions hold sway, LGBT people are persecuted and women subjugated, Islamophobia and antisemitism flourish.

Our 26 bishops in the House of Lords seem a quaint anachronism compared with Iran’s ayatollahs, but only Iran and the UK are still theocratic, with faith in their legislature. Despite less than 2% of Britons attending services and 70% of the country’s young having no faith, our state church holds power far beyond its dwindling size. It is opposed to every progressive change, resisting same-sex marriage and successfully blocking assisted dying, despite 80% of the public having supported it for decades. And no party dares to abolish faith schools.

Wherever people are in the power of priests, imams and spiritual leaders, the state has a duty to inspect what’s happening to the hidden-away children and women under their power. The Irish lesson is less respect for religion, and more instinctive suspicion.

[Walt Zingmatilder]

Not wrong, but that ship sailed a long, long time ago, Polly: https://tinyurl.com/yckyl6hu

Toynbee is a busted flush who proved ineffectual against the right.

[Walt Zingmatilder]

Not wrong, but that ship sailed a long, long time ago, Polly: https://tinyurl.com/yckyl6hu

A little light on the Krauss issue.

[Nearly Sane]

A little light on the Krauss issue.

Relevance?

[Shaker]

None whatever. Don't say you were expecting any?

[wigginhall]

Yes, I laughed when I saw this article, it seems like old hat, but I suppose the Pope's visit to Ireland is a reminder of the toxic effect of a suffocating religious atmosphere, thankfully being dispelled in Ireland.

[SteveH]

A little light on the Krauss issue.

So Krauss may be a groper. What has that got to do with the truth or otherwise of atheism? People in all religions and none generally espouse a better morality than they practise, because they are fallible humans.